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Heredia
Herediacity
Total population
117,000
Air quality index
Demographic figures from INEC Costa Rica. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Overview
As a sizeable town in Heredia, Costa Rica, Heredia occupies its own corner of the country. The population stands at approximately 117,000. Its coordinates of 9.998°, -84.117° place it in the equatorial zone of the northern hemisphere. Its latitude implies a climate characterised by hot and humid year-round with little seasonal temperature variation. Open solar datasets indicate about 1,879 kWh/m² of solar irradiance per year, combined with sunshine for roughly 74% of daylight hours. Further detail — demographics, climate, nearby amenities and natural-hazard data — is compiled below from public open-data sources.
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History & geography
Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
Climate
Air quality
Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).
Walkability
Amenities nearby
Wildlife & biodiversity
Most-observed species
- Clay-colored ThrushTurdus grayi Bonaparte, 1838 · Aves43,764
- Great KiskadeePitangus sulphuratus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves38,923
- White-winged DoveZenaida asiatica (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves37,521
- Blue-gray TanagerThraupis episcopus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves37,446
- Tropical KingbirdTyrannus melancholicus Vieillot, 1819 · Aves36,139
- Great-tailed GrackleQuiscalus mexicanus (Gmelin, 1788) · Aves35,107
- Hoffmann's WoodpeckerMelanerpes hoffmannii (Cabanis, 1862) · Aves32,173
- blue-and-white swallowNotiochelidon cyanoleuca (Vieillot, 1817) · Aves31,168
Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).
Earthquake history
Most recent
- M 4.3 — 2026-08-017 km SE of Orosi, Costa Rica
- M 5.2 — 2026-07-0718 km NW of Jacó, Costa Rica
- M 4.1 — 2026-07-034 km SSE of San Rafael Abajo, Costa Rica
- M 3.2 — 2026-05-164 km SE of Jacó, Costa Rica
- M 3.2 — 2026-05-1410 km SSW of Jacó, Costa Rica
- M 4.4 — 2026-05-144 km SE of Jacó, Costa Rica
Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).
Photos
Sights & places nearby
Notable people from here
People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.
Nearby places in Heredia
- Miraflores0.9 mi away · pop. 10,200
- Santiago1 mi away
- San Josecito1.1 mi away
- Santa Lucía1.1 mi away · pop. 8,700
- Mercedes Norte1.2 mi away · pop. 32,000
- San Pablo1.4 mi away · pop. 20,000
- Barva1.6 mi away · pop. 6,000
- San Roque1.8 mi away
- San Pablo2 mi away
- San Vicente2.1 mi away · pop. 8,300
- Santo Domingo2.2 mi away · pop. 5,400
- Santa Rosa2.2 mi away · pop. 9,400
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
Nearby airports
Public attention
Books about Heredia
![Cubillejo de la Sierra. Historia, arte y sociedad [Paperback] [Jan 01, 2002] Heredia Heredia, Francisco Javier; Marco Martínez, Juan Antonio; Sanz Establés, Carlos](https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/13457564-M.jpg)
Search results from Open Library.
Recent natural events nearby
Ground air-quality sensors
Recently spotted species
Events
Gallery
Sources
- • Wikidata
- • Open-Meteo Air Quality (CAMS)
- • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
- • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Open Library